Mumbai Maharashtra’s COVID-19 tally on Thursday increased by 4,841cases — a new single-day high, taking the count to 1,47,741, while the death toll rose to 6,931, said a health official. The state also reported deaths of 192 more patients, taking the total fatalities to 6,931, he said. Out of these,Read More

Patna, June 2 Thunderstorms and lightning have wrought havoc in Bihar over the past two days, claiming 83 lives, leaving several injured and causing widespread damage to property, the state disaster management department said here on Thursday. According to a statement put out by the department, the deaths in lightningRead More

New Delhi China has significantly ramped up its military presence in Pangong Tso, Galwan Valley and several other friction points in eastern Ladakh even as it is engaged in military and diplomatic talks with India to ease tension in the region, people familiar with the development said. They said ChineseRead More

Mumbai The Maharashtra government has begun to close some Covid-19 care centres in Mumbai after the number of people testing positive for the virus has begun to decline in parts of the city like Dharavi, according to officials here. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Wednesday said that it was shuttingRead More

New Delhi Yoga has emerged as a force for unity and it does not discriminate as it goes beyond race, colour, gender, faith and nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. In his message on the sixth International Day of Yoga, he said due to the coronavirus pandemic, theRead More

Jaipur As many as 12 COVID-19 patients died while 393 new cases were reported in Rajasthan on Sunday. Four deaths were reported from Jaipur, two each from Alwar, Bharatpur, Nagaur, one from Ajmer, and one patient of other states. The death toll now stands at 349 and the cumulative tallyRead More

New Delhi No one entered Indian territory nor were Indian posts taken over, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday on the six-week border standoff with China as he briefed prominent political leaders about the killing of 20 soldiers in the Galwan Valley that triggered a massive escalation in tensionRead More

New Delhi Ten soldiers, including two officers, who had been ‘missing’ since the deadly clash with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China, were released on Thursday evening following a meeting of the Major General-level officials. They had come back, sources in New Delhi said. These soldiers were missing, orRead More

Kathmandu Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Thursday signed a Constitution amendment Bill to update the country’s new political map which incorporated three strategically important Indian areas, hours after Parliament approved it, a move that could severely hit bilateral ties with New Delhi. India has already termed as “untenable” theRead More

New Delhi External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will participate in a trilateral India-Russia-China Foreign Ministers’ meeting via video conference on June 23, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastav said here on Thursday. The RIC meeting will exchange views on the global, political and economic situation as well as the opportunitiesRead More